Kirsten E. Gillibrand

Gillibrand Commences Statewide Tour Addressing The Rising Cost Of Groceries, Lagging Consumer Confidence Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held press conferences across New York State – including in Latham, Utica, and Riverhead – to address the crushing impact of rising grocery and household…

Gillibrand, Boozman Introduce Landmark Bipartisan Bill To Expand Paid Family And Medical Leave Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced historic bipartisan legislation to expand Americans’ access to paid family and medical leave. The More Paid Leave for More…

Gillibrand Holds Virtual Press Conference Slamming Trump Administration’s Dangerous Rollbacks Of Gun Safety Regulations Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference to slam the Trump administration’s dangerous rollbacks of gun safety regulations. “Earlier this…

Gillibrand Statement On Republicans Voting To Allow AI To Deny Medical Care To Seniors Today, after Republicans voted to block her legislation to end the Trump administration’s WISeR pilot program, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to deny seniors’ medical claims, Senate Aging Committee…

Gillibrand Statement On Trump’s Primetime Waste of Time Watch Here. Today, ahead of President Trump’s “speech,” U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) – who will be spending all of Friday traveling across New York talking about grocery prices – released the following statement and video: “At a time…

Gillibrand Applauds Senate Passage Of The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act The Older Americans Act (OAA) has provided vital nutrition, social, and health services to millions of seniors since its passage in 1965 Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Senate…

At Intel Hearing, Gillibrand Pushes Clayton On Election Security And His Subpoenas Of New York Times Journalists Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, pressed director of national intelligence nominee Jay Clayton on the subpoenas he issued to…

Gillibrand Statement On New York State Data Center Moratorium Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement regarding Governor Kathy Hochul’s executive order to implement a one-year pause for hyperscale data centers to assess for environmental impact: “I applaud Governor…

Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Rescind Rule Giving President Sweeping Power To Politicize Federal Grants Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in demanding Office of Management and Budget…

Gillibrand Statement On Her Vote To Block A Blank Check For Trump’s Iran War Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement regarding her vote against the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act: “Donald Trump launched this conflict in Iran with no clear objective,…

Gillibrand Demands Accountability From Military Leaders On Cost Of Iran War, Minab School Bombing Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, demanded accountability from the Pentagon on President Trump’s requested $350 billion in taxpayer…

Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Pentagon Release Long-Awaited Report On U.S. Bombing Of Iranian Elementary School Investigation into School Strike Was Reportedly Submitted in April but Has Not Been Released To Congress or the Public Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led 24 of her…

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Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging Reappointment Of Dr. John Howard To Lead World Trade Center Health Program U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reappoint Dr.…

Gillibrand Calls On Department Of Homeland Security To Reinstate Temporary Protected Designation For Haiti Following the Recent Supreme Court Decision, Haitian Nationals on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Will Lose Work Authorization on Saturday The Senator Recently Joined Colleagues to Introduce…

Gillibrand, Colleagues Press Hegseth On Pentagon Gutting Civilian Protection Efforts Amid War In Iran Pentagon’s independent watchdog found that Trump administration defunded and blocked reforms to protect civilians during war, potentially violating federal law U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand…

In Response To Gillibrand Request, Watchdog Releases Report Revealing The Need For Federal Oversight Of Assisted Living Facilities Government Accountability Office Review Identifies $12 Billion Annually in Federal Medicare and Medicaid Spending in Assisted Living Facilities Read The Report Here.…

Gillibrand Statement On This Weekend’s Gun Violence And The Trump Administration’s Gun Safety Rollbacks U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement after a violent Fourth of July weekend in New York City left over a dozen people shot, including several children and one…

Gillibrand Statement On FEMA Denying Major Disaster Declaration For New York State For February Blizzard Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) made the following statement on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) decision to deny Governor Kathy Hochul’s Major Disaster Declaration…

Gillibrand Calls To Ban Trump And Elected Officials From Issuing Memecoins Following new reporting on President Trump s personal financial disclosures — which show that his single largest source of income in 2025, $636 million, came from issuing a memecoin — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand renewed…

Gillibrand Slams Trump And Republicans For Ripping Health Insurance Away From 450,000 New Yorkers Today, as roughly 450,000 low- and middle-income New Yorkers lose their affordable health care coverage thanks to President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the…

Gillibrand, Colleagues Demand Answers About Impact Of Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Because of Republicans, New York is facing $63 billion in Medicaid cuts Today, Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led her Democratic colleagues on the Senate Aging Committee in demanding answers about the impact of…

Gillibrand Statement On Federal Court Ruling Citing Freezing Of Gateway Funds As “Contrary To Law” Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), made a statement following a decision by Judge…

Gillibrand Statement On Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Ruling Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship: “Today, the Supreme Court did what the Constitution has demanded for more than 150 years: it affirmed…

Gillibrand Introduces Legislation To Support Direct Care Workforce, Family Caregivers U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking member of the Senate Aging Committee, introduced legislation to support direct care workers and family caregivers, who provide essential daily care to seniors and…

Gillibrand, Colleagues Launch Push To Cap Medicare Costs For Seniors U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking member of the Senate Aging Committee, along with 14 of her Senate colleagues, introduced the Medicare Cost Cap Act to create a $5,000 cap on out-of-pocket costs for Traditional…

Gillibrand, Peters, Colleagues Demand Answers As Trump Administration Further Delays Toxic Chemical Cleanups At Military Sites Trump Administration Newly Postponed Cleanup of Toxic PFAS Chemicals at Over 170 Military Installations – In Some Cases by as Much as Two Decades Senators Request Detailed…

Gillibrand, Schmitt Call On The Military To Provide Essential Autism Care For Military Families Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on the Department of Defense to provide comprehensive applied behavior…

On Fourth Anniversary of Bipartisan Gun Safety Law’s Passage, Gillibrand Announces 1,000+ Defendants Charged and 6,000+ Guns Taken Off the Streets Thanks to Her Anti-gun Trafficking Measure Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced major new developments in her fight to get gun traffickers…

Gillibrand Statement on Cruel and Inhumane Supreme Court Decision Allowing Trump to Terminate Temporary Protected Status Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision allowing the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status…

Gillibrand Slams Trump’s Decision To Cancel Signing Of Major Housing Bill, Calls For Congress To Override If He Vetoes Today, in response to President Trump canceling his planned signing ceremony for the bipartisan 21st Century Road to Housing Act in an attempt to pressure Republicans to pursue his…

Gillibrand Blasts President Trump’s Costly War And Failed Deal With Iran Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, held a virtual press conference to condemn the failure of the Trump administration s military strategy in Iran and the devastating…

Text of Senate Amendment 5998 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3123-S3124] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA…

Gillibrand, Murphy Introduce Bill To Help Seniors Struggling With Loneliness And Connect Aging Americans To Community U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking member of the Senate Aging Committee, and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced the Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in…

Gillibrand, Suozzi, Gillen Urge Trump Administration To Boost Gas Mileage Deductions Amid Sky-High Prices At The Pump Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03), and U.S. Representative Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) urged the Trump administration to raise the…

Gillibrand Slams Trump Administration For Damage Done By The War With Iran New Yorkers have spent $2 billion more on gas since the beginning of President Trump’s war Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference to discuss the damage done by President Trump’s war…

Gillibrand, Schumer Announce $11.8 Million In Disaster Recovery Funding For New York State Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer announced $11,753,017 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for New York…

Gillibrand On Trump’s Costly Iran Debacle Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, issued the following statement: “Trump s war of choice in Iran has cost American lives, wasted billions of taxpayer dollars, and driven up the…

Gillibrand, Colleagues Launch Inquiry Into Corrupt Use Of National Parks Fees For Trump’s Vanity Projects U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), along with 10 of her Senate colleagues, launched an inquiry into the Trump administration redirecting tens of millions of dollars from fees paid to the…

Gillibrand Highlights Wins In FY2027 Defense Bill Bill Includes Gillibrand’s Provisions To Increase Oversight of The Military’s Use Of AI, Ban Insider Trading And Prediction Market Manipulation By Defense Personnel, And Improve Military Justice Bill Also Authorizes $161 Million For New York…

Gillibrand Slams Trump Administration For Undermining Seniors’ Benefits; Touts Bill To Protect Social Security Because Of Republicans’ Budget Bill And Restrictive Trump Administration Immigration Policies, Social Security’s Retirement Trust Fund Will Be Depleted By 2032—Earlier Than Previously…

Gillibrand, Colleagues Call For Stronger Oversight Of Prediction Markets U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), along with 15 of her Senate colleagues, called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to strengthen oversight and enforcement of prediction markets. This comes as the CFTC…

Gillibrand Leads Effort To Protect The Right Of Women To Cross State Lines To Seek Reproductive Care June 24, 2026 Marks Four Years Since the Supreme Court Overturned Roe v. Wade, Restricting The Right To Choose Legislation Would Protect Women Who Cross State Lines for Reproductive Care and…

Gillibrand Announces $168.7 Million in FEMA Funding For New York State Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the release of $168,732,835 in long-delayed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to New York State for disaster relief…

Senator Gillibrand Pushes To Protect Graduate Education Programs That Create Critical Workforce Pipelines Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stood with Binghamton University President Dr. Anne D’Alleva to advocate for the protection of graduate education programs that fuel critical workforce…

Senator Gillibrand And Mayor Spano Announce Over $1 Million For Yonkers Water Infrastructure, Pushes For FY27 Funding Gillibrand Celebrates $1.1M Secured for Forest Avenue Water Main Repair; Announces Push for Funding for Midland Avenue Project to Keep Water Flowing During Planned 2032 Suspension…

Gillibrand Calls On CDC To Provide Updates On Public Health Readiness Ahead Of Mass Travel For World Cup U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) to provide updates to the…

Senator Gillibrand Celebrates $1 Million For Arts Center Lake Placid Federal Funding Will Expand the 50-Year-Old Campus into a State-of-the-Art Creative Hub and Early Childhood Education Complex Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, stood with…

Senator Gillibrand Celebrates Big Community Funding Wins On Long Island Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, celebrated the more than $23 million in federal funding for critical community projects across Long Island included in the Fiscal Year (FY)…

Gillibrand, Schumer, Riley Call On Norfolk Southern And Union Pacific Corportation To Repair Dilapidated Bridged Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Representative Josh Riley (D-NY-19) urged the chief executive officers of Norfolk…